While there is a time and place for tinkering and getting things just right, most Lifehacker readers opted to go with an effective but simply technique for filtering their content.

OpenDNS won by a landslide for its ease of use and the security that comes from having it completely out of reach of the end user. It's easy to apply filters consistently across your entire network when the filtering is being done by your DNS server and any changes you make to your filter selections, black lists, or white lists, are immediately effective on all machines that pass through your router. Check out the full Hive Five to see additional information about OpenDNS and the runners-up.